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Beautiful Creatures: The Manga Hardcover – February 5, 2013

by Margaret Stohl (Author), Kami Garcia (Author), Cassandra Jean (Artist)
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 588 ratings
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There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere.At least, that's what I thought.Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong.There was a curse.There was a girl.And in the end, there was a grave.Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town ofGatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.
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  1. Part of Series
    Beautiful Creatures
  2. Print length
    240 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Yen Press
  5. Publication date
    February 5, 2013
  6. Grade level
    8 and up
  7. Reading age
    13 years and up
  8. Dimensions
    6 x 8.4 x 1.2 inches
  9. ISBN-10
    9780316182713
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0316182713
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Ethan’s only excitement in the small town of Gatlin, South Carolina, comes from the dreams he keeps having about a mysterious girl. But when that girl, Lena, shows up in school, Ethan learns that there are people with dangerous powers living in his town and that he may have a part to play in Lena’s tortured destiny. This adaptation of Garcia and Stohl’s novel is to the point, but it lacks much of the lush descriptiveness of the original. Unfortunately, there aren’t enough pages in the graphic novel to allow for vibrant images to take the place of those prose passages, so readers who only pick up the comic will miss out on some elements. Jean’s illustrations do their admirable best, however. Readers will be pleased that Ethan, Lena, and their friends look like actual teenagers, with Lena’s gravity-defying hair signifying her otherworldly nature. The mental communication between Ethan and Lena shines through strongly and helps solidify their relationship despite the sometimes choppy abridgment of the story. Overall, a worthy purchase where the novel series is popular. Grades 8-12. --Snow Wildsmith

About the Author

Kami Garcia is a teacher and reading specialist with an MA in education, and leads book groups for children and teenagers. Margaret Stohl has an MA in English and studied creative writing under poet George MacBeth at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. They both live in Los Angeles, California, with their families. Beautiful Creatures is their debut novel.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0316182710
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yen Press; Reprint edition (February 5, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780316182713
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316182713
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 8.4 x 1.2 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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  1. Margaret Stohl

    Margaret Stohl

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    Margaret Stohl is a #1 New York Times bestselling & award-winning author of books, comics and videogames. Best known for the BEAUTIFUL CREATURES novels and Marvel's LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL comics, her latest book is CATS VS ROBOTS: THIS IS WAR (with husband Lewis Peterson, illustrated by their child Kay Peterson.) When not writing, she builds game worlds (#Bungie) or book festivals (#Yallwest #Yallfest) Find more about her at mstohl.com // @mstohl on twitter // margaret_stohl at instagram // margaret_stohl on snapchat.

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    Margaret is the USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Indie-Bound, Wall Street Journal and Internationally Bestselling author of twelve YA novels, and has been published in 37 languages and 48 countries.

    BEAUTIFUL CREATURES was adapted into a film (2013) by Warner Brothers and Alcon Entertainment, and was an ALA William C. Morris YA Debut Award finalist in 2010, as well as a SCIBA award finalist, a NYPL Book for the Teen Age, and a YALSA Teen Top Ten Pick. Beautiful Creatures was named the #1 Teen Pick from Amazon in 2009, and the #5 Editors Pick, Overall.

    Aside from the BEAUTIFUL CREATURES novels, Margaret has written the DANGEROUS CREATURES novels (both series with Kami Garcia), the ICONS novels, Marvel's BLACK WIDOW novels, ROYCE ROLLS and CATS VS ROBOTS: THIS IS WAR.

    In addition to novels, Margaret is also the author of many comics, including MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL, CAPTAIN MARVEL DARK ORIGINS, CAPTAIN MARVEL GENERATIONS, and LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL for MARVEL COMICS.

    Prior to her career in books and comics, Margaret worked in the video game industry for sixteen years, eventually co-founding 7 Studios game developer with her husband, Lewis Peterson, serving as Creative Director until the company was acquired. Margaret now splits time between Santa Monica and Seattle, where she builds game worlds at Bungie Inc.

    Margaret's passion project is literacy outreach; as the co-founder of YALLFEST (Charleston, SC) and YALLWEST (Santa Monica, CA), two of the biggest kid/teen book festivals in the country, she loves nothing more than talking books with teen and youth readers.

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  2. Kami Garcia

    Kami Garcia

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    Kami Garcia is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and international bestselling author and comic book writer. She is the coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures and Dangerous Creatures novels and her solo works include the YA fantasy novels UNBREAKABLE and UNMARKED (THE LEGION SERIES), YA contemporary romances THE LOVELY RECKLESS and BROKEN BEAUTIFUL HEARTS, and THE X-FILES ORIGINS: AGENT OF CHAOS. She is also the writer of the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling YA graphic novel TEEN TITANS: RAVEN, with artist Gabriel Picolo, the first graphic novel in their TEEN TITANS series for DC, the upcoming YA graphic novel CONSTANTINE: DISTORTED ILLUSIONS, with artist Isaac Goodhart, and JOKER/HARLEY: CRIMINAL SANITY for DC Black Label, with artists Mico Suayan, Jason Badower, and Mike Mayhew.

    Her debut novel, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, has been published in 50 countries and translated in 39 languages, and the series has sold over 5 million copies. BEAUTIFUL CREATURES was a finalist for the ALA’s William C. Morris Debut Author Award, a SCIBA Award Finalist, Amazon’s #1 Teen Book of 2009 and #5 on the Editor’s Top 100 List, a YALSA “Teen Top Ten” Pick, and a New York Public Library’s “Books for the Teen Age” selection. The film adaptation Beautiful Creatures released in theaters in 2013, from Warner Brothers.

    Kami is a cofounder of the KidLit book festival YALLFest, and a board member of YALLWest, the sister festival. She's also a member of the NaNoWriMo Writer's Board.

    Kami has an MA in education, and she was a teacher for seventeen years before co-authoring her first novel on a dare from seven of her students. Kami can teach you how to escape from a pair of handcuffs or bake a Coca-Cola cake. She lives in Maryland with her family, and their dogs Spike and Oz. Visit Kami at www.kamigarcia.com.

    Find Kami online at www.kamigarcia.com, Facebook: KamiGarciaYA, Twitter: @kamigarcia, Instagram: @kamigarcia, Tumblr: kamigarcia, & Pinterest: kamigarcia.

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Customers say the illustrations are beautiful and amazing. They also find the book pretty good and love it. Readers mention the storyline is interesting and love the character designs.

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16 customers mention "Illustrations"16 positive0 negative

Customers find the illustrations in the book beautiful, cool, and awesome. They also say the manga is nice and a fun book series.

"...'s something about families with inherited magic that I find incredibly beautiful and alluring and this graphic novel delivered...." Read more

"Very derivative. Artwork is ok, but story is not immersive and generally insists upon itself. I've read better, but I've also read worse...." Read more

"This is the first manga I've read, and I love that it's graphic, too! Great story and a pretty quick read." Read more

"...But I’m not sure I ended up liking the execution. Beautiful illustrations though. I did like the rough edginess to them." Read more

12 customers mention "Readability"9 positive3 negative

Customers find the book pretty good, promising, and fun. They also say it works well as a manga and is ok for an afternoon.

"...I've read better, but I've also read worse. It is ok for an afternoon when you have nothing else to do." Read more

"...the first few pages, featuring detailed, colored drawings, it seemed pretty promising...." Read more

"...What a fun book series and the movies was great...." Read more

"I really like the idea of this book as a manga and it works well but i was very disappointed to see that it was all in black and white except for..." Read more

7 customers mention "Storyline"7 positive0 negative

Customers find the storyline interesting, exciting, and unusual. They also say the voice is jarring and makes the story more exciting.

"This is probably the most unusual manga I have ever read. I binged it because it was that good...." Read more

"...Great story and a pretty quick read." Read more

"...I caught part of the movie a long while back and was surprised. The story is good but I love these character designs." Read more

"...I wasn't all that crazy about it, although I did find the premise rather interesting...." Read more

4 customers mention "Character design"3 positive1 negative

Customers like the character design in the book. They say that Ethan and Lena are cute.

"...Ethan and Lena were cute, the foreshadowing in Ethan’s dream had a lot of potential. But I’m not sure I ended up liking the execution...." Read more

"Love the pictures, love the cover of the book, the characters are portrayed nicely in this book any BC lover will like this book very much!" Read more

"...There just wasn't enough distinction between characters which made it confusing. The backgrounds of the panels were basically non-existent, as well...." Read more

"I love the character designs...." Read more

4 customers mention "Reading pace"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the book very quick to read.

"...Great story and a pretty quick read." Read more

"This was my first ever manga style read. Loved it. It was a very quick read. Definitely going to look into this style...." Read more

"...Well. Let me just say this: Luckily it didn't take long to read, & it was free on KU... because this was just not very good at all...." Read more

"It's is a quick read and not as complex as the book, but seriously a good read for any fans. I would highly recommend it" Read more

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buffpuff
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Creatures
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2024
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This is probably the most unusual manga I have ever read. I binged it because it was that good. Yes it was different but the kind that makes you want to peer around the next wall. This wasn't horror but it was some sort of dark magic. It was about spell casters and there is one who is a Natural which means lots of power if they go to the light or dark side.
It is kind of the story of so many...good and evil/light and dark. But this one is slightly different in that there is a mortal boyfriend and they can see in the past together. He works with her until he gets stabbed. She must use the original spell that was cast that started this to bring him back. But when you ask for something something is taken away too. So is Lena light or dark?

You decide!

I absolutely loved this because it is so different from other manga. And I have read quite a few. This is just like something you will probably never read again. So take the plunge!

10/10
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Ana B
4.0 out of 5 stars Unexpectedly good
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2024
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I had no idea about the plot when I started to read this. The cover was so attractive that I had to check this out. There's something about families with inherited magic that I find incredibly beautiful and alluring and this graphic novel delivered. I just wish we could have gotten more about the family's history, it felt a bit superficial and had a lot of potential for spookyness and mystery.
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RTB
3.0 out of 5 stars Not my cup of tea
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
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Very derivative. Artwork is ok, but story is not immersive and generally insists upon itself. I've read better, but I've also read worse. It is ok for an afternoon when you have nothing else to do.
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Dana
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024
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This is the first manga I've read, and I love that it's graphic, too! Great story and a pretty quick read.
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Cristina
4.0 out of 5 stars Its ok
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2024
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I read the original book a couple of years ago and loved it. I’m not really into Graphic Novels, and that is why I rated it 4⭐️.
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Sarah G
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024
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This was my first ever manga style read. Loved it. It was a very quick read. Definitely going to look into this style. As I was reading it I could imagine that I was actually watching the movie version.
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Muse
3.0 out of 5 stars interesting
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024
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I read a lot of manga, not necessarily graphic novels. I feel like this had potential but as this is my first walk through the material (I didn’t read the original book) some of it felt disjointed and hard to follow. Things kinda happened and I was confused as to how we got there. Ethan and Lena were cute, the foreshadowing in Ethan’s dream had a lot of potential. But I’m not sure I ended up liking the execution. Beautiful illustrations though. I did like the rough edginess to them.
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Kellina
5.0 out of 5 stars I love the character designs.
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2024
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I thought I remembered this story halfway through, so I Googled. I caught part of the movie a long while back and was surprised. The story is good but I love these character designs.
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Blair
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 10, 2022
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I have read this so many times. I used to get it from my middle school library very term and recently I was missing the comfort I get when reading this, so i got a copy of my own. The book came in great condition and the delivery was fast!
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gervais
2.0 out of 5 stars Deçu || Desapointed !
Reviewed in France on January 4, 2018
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Je suis déçu de l'état du livre...il y a du chocolat ou du café dessus je ne sais pas ce que c'est mais ça m'a fortement déplus...mais je n'ais pas acheté ce livre pour rien, il me plait, il est parfait ( mis appart les taches ), il est plastifié et je l'adore !!!! || I'm desappointed of the state of this book...there is chocolate or coffee in it I am not sure but it really displeased me...but I did not buy this book for nothing, I like it, he is perfect ( except the tasks ), it is plasticized and I LOVE it !!!! Saga 16 Lunes T01 - Sublimes Créatures
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Paula
5.0 out of 5 stars Genial
Reviewed in Spain on October 26, 2016
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Tiene un dibujo genial, digno de Cassandra Jean, aunque eso de manga no me lo parece. Fiel al libro. 100% recomendable
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N.K.
5.0 out of 5 stars Wunderbare Umsetzung des Buches
Reviewed in Germany on September 25, 2013
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Die Graphic Novel zum gleichnamigen Buch ist wirklich sehr schön und auch meiner Erinnerung nach sehr gut und dem Buch treu bleibend umgesetzt.
Cassandra Jean hat einen wunderbaren und einfachen Zeichenstil, die ersten paar Seiten sind in Farbe gehalten, davon abgesehen der Rest der Graphic Novel in Schwarz-Weiß, in ihrem Zeichenstil allerdings kommt dies sehr gut an.
Nur zu Empfehlen!
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Marine
2.0 out of 5 stars L'état du livre ne correspond pas à mes attentes
Reviewed in France on October 6, 2018
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Je suis très déçue de l'état du livre. Il était écrit très bon état et usure minime. Je me retrouve avec un livre entièrement plastifié, impossible à enlever. Quatre étiquettes au total, impossible à décoller, et en plus plusieurs tampons à l'intérieur et sur les pages.
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2.0 out of 5 stars L'état du livre ne correspond pas à mes attentes
Reviewed in France on October 6, 2018
Je suis très déçue de l'état du livre. Il était écrit très bon état et usure minime. Je me retrouve avec un livre entièrement plastifié, impossible à enlever. Quatre étiquettes au total, impossible à décoller, et en plus plusieurs tampons à l'intérieur et sur les pages.
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